We’re only 18 days into the year 2016, but it’s already been an absolutely brutal year for celebrity deaths. The last week alone has seen the passing of Alan Rickman and David Bowie, and now there’s another name to add to the list: Eagles co-founder and lead singer Glenn Frey.

Frey, a native Detroiter, was a founding member of Eagles, the ’70s rock giant whose 1976 Greatest Hits album is the second biggest selling album in the history of the United States. The story of how Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner came to found this much beloved (and also widely maligned) band is told in the incredible, Emmy-winning documentary film History of the Eagles, which is now available to stream on Netflix. The two-part documentary was produced in 2013 and originally released on Showtime, and is an absolute must-see for anyone with even a passing interest in popular music or culture.

After the fiery, drug-fueled collapse of Eagles, Frey launched a successful solo career in the early ’80s. In particular, he had a knack for writing songs that paired up exceptionally well with movies and television programs; his song from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, “The Heat Is On,” hit #2 on the charts. He also contributed a few songs to the Miami Vice soundtrack, a program on which he also guest starred, most notably in the seminal Season 1 episode “Smuggler’s Blues” (which can be viewed on Hulu). Frey’s struggles with substance abuse certainly contributed mightily to the authenticity of his wildly charismatic performance, both in the episode and also in the song’s totally killer music video.